I’ve never been bootlegged before. I’m not even sure that’s the correct phrase! But Elaine Fogel recorded this from my Who’s Telling YOUR Nonprofit’s Story? session at the American Marketing Association’s 2011 Nonprofit Marketing Conference last week in Washington, DC. The wider context for this segment is I’m illustrating how diverse our communication options are [...]

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Can’t view the video? Go here: http://thepulsenetwork.com/technology/new-england-xpo-for-business/butch-interviews-marc-pitman/ Last month, I was with Chris Brogan’s Human Business Works team at the New England Business Xpo. I had the chance to sit down and talk with Butch Stearns, the COO of The Pulse Network. In this fast-paced, 5-minute interview, we talk about fundraising, 501 Mission Place, and [...]

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It’s been three years since Ask Without Fear! came out! What a wild ride it’s been! I wrote Ask Without Fear! because there were so many wonderful causes here in Maine with amazingly passionate volunteers, but they were chronically underfunded. A few could afford to hire me to come in and work with them. But [...]

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I’m thrilled to be able to announce that my publisher, 501 Videos, has made the Ask Without Fear DVD set available online! Now you have the opportunity to get the DVD or have a lifetime membership to a site with the full set of videos, forms, and resources available to you wherever you are! Did [...]

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I love libraries and believe their mission is as important in our digital age as they’ve ever been. So I’m working on a version of “Ask Without Fear!” specifically for librarians. I’m blogging my book at my new library fundraising blog Beyond Fines. Let’s make this a conversation. I’d love your comments. And would you [...]

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Earlier this month, I mentioned how excited I was about the products that I’ve got coming out this year. Today, I get to announce another really cool offering: the “Ask Without Fear! DVD”! Many of you who’ve read my book or attended my seminars have asked for a DVD version. Something you can use for [...]

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I’ve just created a page of the quotations used in my fundraising training book. These have helped so many of the thousands of people that have read the book that I’ll also be sharing some of them on Twitter with the hashtag #awfquotes. There are 55 quotes about fundraising, the steps to successful fundraising (researching, [...]

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I published the first Kindle edition of my fundraising training book almost three years ago! It was first a PDF, not very Kindle-friendly. Then I created a file through Amazon’s digital publishing tool. I’m pleased to announce that today, I uploaded a professionally designed version of “Ask Without Fear!”, designed by eBook Architects specifically for [...]

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I was honored to be this week’s guest for 501 Video’s “Movie Mondays”. My topic was: A Lesson learned from Angry Corporate Sponsors. I’m out here in Seattle filming a couple fundraising training DVDs. One is a DVD of “Ask Without Fear!” The other is a blueprint for an entire year of fundraising. Both will [...]

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Thanks to your efforts, Ask Without Fear! is getting: wonderful reviews on Amazon, tremendous responses from board members that are getting fired up about fundraising, listed as “must reads” on blogs and in FundRaisingSuccess Magazine, and mentions in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Thank you! I just read a great list of ways to help get [...]

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